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Chris Wood

Forward • #11

Current Club: Nottingham Forest

🌍 New Zealand

💰 Weekly Wage: £82,000/week

Contract and Personal Information

Contract Expiry June 2027
Weekly Wage £82,000/week
Jersey Number 11
Nationality New Zealand
Date of Birth December 7, 1991
Height 191 cm (6'3")

About

Christopher Grant Wood is a professional footballer from New Zealand who now plays for Premier League club Nottingham Forest and the New Zealand national team.

Wood began his senior career with Cambridge FC, Waikato FC, and Hamilton Wanderers before transferring to England to play for West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League. He was loaned out to six different clubs until joining Leicester City in 2013. Following a loan spell with Ipswich Town in 2015, he joined Championship club Leeds United, where he was the top scorer in the 2016-17 season. Wood then joined Burnley for a club record amount and became a consistent Premier League goalscorer for them, scoring 49 goals in 144 outings over four and a half seasons.

Wood has been capped 70 times for New Zealand and has scored 33 goals, making him the country’s all-time best striker. He was a member of the team that won the OFC Nations Cup in 2016, as well as the FIFA World Cup in 2010.